50 Yen - Shōwa

50 Yen - Shōwa - obverse50 Yen - Shōwa - reverse

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Features

Issuer Japan
Emperor Shōwa (1926-1989)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 30-33 (1955-1958)
Calendar Japanese - Shōwa era
Value 50 Yen
50 JPY = USD 0.33
Currency Yen (1871-date)
Composition Nickel
Weight 5.50 g
Diameter 25 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
7313
References Y# 75,
Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States.
And 1 more volumes.
JNDA# 02-5,
Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (editor); 2023. 日本貨幣カタログ = The Catalog of Japanese Currency. Self-published, Tokyo, Japan.
Schön# 51
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Chrysanthemum blossom, authority on top, value at bottom

Lettering:
日 本 国
五 十 円

Translation:
State of Japan
50 yen

Reverse

Big value within fundō shape, regnal era on top, date below

Lettering:
昭和
50
三十年

Translation:
Shōwa
50
Year 30

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Japan Mint (独立行政法人造幣局 / Dokuritsu Gyōsei Hōjin Zōheikyoku), Japan

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
30 (1955)  63 700 000 $ 0.17 $ 1.10 $ 1.10 $ 2.00 $ 2.00 43% 三十年
31 (1956)  91 300 000 $ 0.41 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.50 $ 4.20 52% 三十一年
32 (1957)  39 000 000 $ 0.16 $ 0.84 $ 1.20 $ 1.50 25% 三十二年
33 (1958)  18 000 000 $ 0.98 $ 1.60 $ 1.60 $ 1.80 12% 三十三年

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